I was working away from home for a couple of weeks , during this time my uv bulb packed up , and my oh was angling the blinds the wrong way , needless to say I came home to a major algae problem in my tank .

I treated the tank with an algae treatment between that and my young brostlenose's the tank was algae free in a week , but looks like my 5 amazon sword is dying off , one though has sent a runner to the top with 5 plantlets on it , now I'm looking for some advise as to what stage I should cut them off and how I should do it , I will pull out the dying plants and replace with the new plantlets . any advise will be much appreciated